Stands for sewing machine cabinets



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STANDS FOR SEWING MACHINE CABINETS Filed Sept. 25, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS WITNESS William Hofgesang 2K Edward WSfanfon BY AT ORNEY United States Patent 3,168,880 STANDS F011 SEWTNG MACHHNE QABTNETS William Hafgesang, Avenel, and Edward W. Stanton,

Qranford, Nail, assignor to The Singer (Iornpany, a corporation of New jersey Fil d ept. 25, 1962, Ser. No. 226,105 3 Claims. (Q1. 112-217.1)

This invention relates to sewing machine cabinets and more particularly to tubular metallic stands designed to support the wooden table portions of the cabinets, and an important object of the present invention is to provide an improved stand of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sewing machine cabinet stand that is light in weight and which can be shipped at low expense.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sewing machine cabinet stand that is inexpensive to manufacture but which is also strong.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a sewing machine cabinet stand that can be manufactured in small factories where extensive manufacturing facilities are not available.

With the above and other objects in view, as will hereinafter appear, the invention comprises the devices, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings of a preferred embodiment of the invention, from which the several features of the invention and the advantages attained thereby, will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a sewing machine cabinet stand embodying the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view of the stand shown in FIG. 1,

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the stand,

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the stand,

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the stand,

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on the line 6--6 of FIG. 5,

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of FIG. 1,

FIG. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 8-8 of FIG. 2, and

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on the line 9-9 of FIG. 3.

The present invention is shown in the accompanying drawings as comprising a metallic stand 18 designed to support a wooden table portion (not shown) in a well known manner as shown, for example, in United States Patent No. 1,556,378. The stand 18 of the present invention comprises a pair of upstanding front legs 21 and 22 the upper ends of which are integrally connected by an integral inverted U-shaped top reach 23. The stand 18 also has a pair of upstanding rear legs 26 and 27, the upper end of each of the legs 26 and 27 terminating in a rearwardly extending horizontal top lug 28. The reach 23 is drilled as at 29 and the lugs 28 are drilled as at 36, thereby providing means for securing the wooden table portion (not shown) to the stand 18. The front leg 21 is connected (FIG. 5) to the rear leg 26 by means of a substantially O-shaped side bracket 31 having a front post 32 and a rear post 33. The posts 32 and 33 converge upwardly and at their upper ends are connected by an integral top rail 36, and at their lower ends are connected by an integral lower rail 37. The front leg 22 is connected (FIG. 2) to the rear leag 27 by means of a substantially O-shaped side bracket 41 having a front post 42 and a rear post 43. The posts 42 and 43 converge upwardly and at their upper ends are connected by an integral top rail 46 and at their lower ends are connected 3,168,886 Patented Feb. 9, 1965 by an integral lower rail 47. A plurality of screws 49, passing through holes in the posts 32, and 42, are threaded into the legs 21 and 22, thereby respectively fastening the front legs 21 and 22 to the brackets 31 and 41. Screws 49 also fasten the brackets 31 and 41 respectively to the rear legs 26 and 27. Because the posts 32 and 33 converge upwardly, the legs 21 and 26 converge upwardly and because the posts 42 and 43 converge upwardly, the legs 22 and 27 converge upwardly. Also, as best seen in FIG. 1, the front legs 21 and 22 converge upwardly, and as best seen in FIG. 4 the rear legs 26 and 27 converge upwardly.

The side bracket 31 is connected to the side bracket 41 by means of a treadle support bar 51 (FIGS. 1, 4 and 6) opposite ends of which are curved upwardly as at 52 and formed with hooks 53 designed to fit over the lower rails 37 and 47. Each hook 53 is formed with a hole and a screw 54 pass through this hole and is threaded into either the rail 37 or the rail47 as the case may be. The horizontal span 56 of the bar 51 is formed with a pair of upstanding spaced lugs 57 which carry pintles 58 for supporting a conventional treadle 59, which 'may be of the type shown in United States design Patent No. D. 185,081.

The upper portion of the rear legs 26 and 27 are con nected by a cross bar 61, opposite ends of which are formed integral with the legs 26 and 27. A J-shaped apertured pulleyguide 62 is fastened to the cross bar 61 by means of a screw 63.

The top rail 46, as best seen in FIGS. 2 and 3, has formed integral therewith a cylindrical bearing housing 66 which is positioned at right angles to the top rail 46. i The bearing housing 66 encloses ball bearings: (not shown) and thereby supports a shaft 67 the free end of which protrudes from the housing 66, and a hub 68 of a band wheel 69 is fastened to the shaft 67 by means of a set screw. The band wheel 69, the outer circumference of which is formed with a pulley groove 71, is equipped with an olfset crank 72 which, in a known manner, is turnably connected to the upper end of a treadle rod 73, the lower end of which is pivotally connected to a pin 74 carried by one corner of the treadle 59.

The top rail 46, by means of a brace (FIGS. 3 and 9') having a semi-cylindrical arm 76, a horizontal outreaching arm 77, and depending outreaching arm 78-, supports a dress guard 79. The semi-cylindrical arm 76 is secured to the top rail 46 by means of a screw 81, and one end of the arm 76 is formed integral with one end of the horizontal arm 77. The other end of the semi-cylindrical arm 76 supports the upper end of the depending arm 78. The distal ends of the arms 77 and 78 are secured to portions of the dress guard 79 which dress guard 79 surrounds a portion of the band wheel 69.

The lower ends of the front and rear legs 21, 22, 26, and 27 are equipped with plastic feet 82.

The stand 18 may be disassembled for shipping and/ or storage by removing four screws 49 from the bracket 31, four screws 49 from the bracket 41, and two screws 54 from the treadle support bar 51. This greatly reduces the size of package needed for packaging the stand.

When in use, wood screws pass upwardly through the holes 2929 in the top reach 23 and through holes 30- 319 in the lugs 282S and are screwed into wooden parts of a wooden table portion (not shown) of the cabinet. The present metallic stand 18 is especially advantageous because it can largely be manufactured from tubular parts by the simple processes of bending and welding and thus can be manufactured in small factories where extensive manufacturing facilities are not available. In fact the tubular stand 18 of the present invention, is designed to be manufactured anywhere in the world where factories are equipped to manufacture small devices such as bicycles.

Having thus described the invention what we claim herein is:

1. A stand for supporting the table port-ion of a sewing machine cabinet, said stand comprising a pair of tubular front legs, means connecting the said pair of front legs, a pair of tubular rear legs, means connecting said pair f rear legs, means for fastening the table portion of a sewing machine cabinet to said front and rear legs, a pair of tubular side brackets, means securing one of said front legs and one of said rear legs to one of said side brackets, means securing the other of said front legs and the other of said rear legs to the other side bracket, a treadle support bar connecting said two side brackets, a treadle carried by said treadle support bar, a band wheel, means rotatably supporting said band wheel from one of said side brackets, a brace having a semi-cylindrical arm secured to one of said side brackets, a pair of outreaching arms secured to said semi-cylindrical arm, a dress guard supported from said outreaching arms, and a treadle rod connecting said treadle to said band wheel.

2. A standfor supporting the table portion of a sewing machinecabinet, said stand comprising a pair of upwardly convergingtubular front legs, an inverted U-shaped tubular top reach integrally connecting the upper ends of said front legs, a pair of upwardly converging tubular rear legs, a tubular cross bar connecting said rear legs, a horizontal top formed integral withthe upper end of each of said rear legs, means for fastening the table portion of a sewing machine cabinet to said top reach and to said top lugs, a pair of substantially O-shaped tubular side brackets each having a pair of upwardly converging posts, means securing one of said front legs and one of said rear legs to the upwardly converging posts of one of said side brackets, means securing the other of said front legs and the other of said rear legs to the upwardly converging posts of said other side bracket and thereby causing said front and rear legsto converge upwardly, a tubular treadle support bar connecting said two side brackets, a pair of upstanding lugs carried by said treadle support bar, a treadle carried by said lugs, a band Wheel, means rotatably supporting said band wheel from one of said side brackets, a dress guard supported from one of said side brackets, and a treadle rod connecting said treadle to said band wheel.

3. A stand for supporting the table portion of a sewing machine cabinet, said stand comprising an integrally formed front portion having a pair of upwardly converging tubular front legs and an inverted U-shaped tubular top reach connecting the upper ends of said front legs, a pair of upwardly converging tubular rear legs, a tubular cross bar connecting upper portions of said rear legs, a horizontal top formed integral with the upper end of each of said rear legs, means including holes formed in said top reach and said top lugs for fastening the table portion of a sewing machine cabinet to the top of said legs, a pair of substantially O-shaped tubular side brackets each having a pair of upwardly converging posts, means including holes formed in said posts and said legs respectively securing one of said front legs and one of said rear legs to the front and rear upwardly converging posts of one of said side brackets, means including holes formed in said posts and said legs respectively securing the other of said front legs and the other of said rear legs to the front and rear upwardly converging posts of said other side bracket and thereby causing said front and rear legs to converge upwardly, a tubular treadle support bar formed with upwardly bent ends and downwardly facing hooks connecting said two side brackets, a pair of upstanding lugs carried by said treadle support bar, a treadle carried by said lugs, a band Wheel, means rotatably supporting said band wheel from one of said side brackets, a brace having a semi-cylindrical arm secured to one of said side brackets, a pair of outreaching arms secured to said semicylindrical arm, a dress guard supported from said outreaching arms, and a treadle rod connecting said treadle to said band wheel.

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1. A STAND FOR SUPPORTING THE TABLE PORTION OF A SEWING MACHINE CABINET, SAID STAND COMPRISING A PAIR OF TUBULAR FRONT LEGS, MEANS CONNECTING THE SAID PAIR OF FRONT LEGS, A PAIR OF TUBULAR REAR LEGS, MEANS CONNECTING SAID PAIR OF REAR LEGS, MEANS FOR FASTENING THE TABLE PORTION OF A SEWING MACHINE CABINET TO SAID FRON AND REAR LEGS, A PAIR OF TUBULAR SIDE BRACKETS, MEANS SECURING ONE OF SAID FRONT LEGS AND ONE OF SAID REAR LEGS TO ONE OF SAID SIDE BRACKETS, MEANS SECURING THE OTHER OF SAID FRONT LEGS AND THE OTHER OF SAID REAR LEGS TO THE OTHER SIDE BRACKET, A TREADLE SUPPORT BAR CONNECTING SAID TWO SIDE BRACKETS, A TREADLE CARRIED BY SAID TRADLE SUPPORT BAR, A BAND WHEEL, MEANS ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID BAND WHEEL FROM ONE OF SAID SIDE BRACKETS, A BRACE HAVING A SEMI-CYLINDRICAL ARM SECURED TO ONE OF SAID SIDE BRACKETS, A PAIR OF OUTREACHING ARMS SECURED TO SAID SEMI-CYLINDRICAL ARMS, A DRESS GUARD SUPPORTED FROM SAID OUTREACHING ARMS, AND A TREADLE ROD CONNECTING SAID TREADLE TO SAID BAND WHEEL. 